A tribute to László Karsai
A new book, entitled “Resisting Evil”, was published, containing papers presented at a conference held on the occasion of László Karsai’s 70th birthday. The book was launched today with the participation of Linda Margittai, the editor of the book, Béla Tomka and, of course, László Karsai himself.
Territorialization and the Austrian–Hungarian border
An international conference on the history of the Austrian–Hungarian border in the 20th century that took place in Szombathely commenced with a keynote lecture delivered by Péter Bencsik. The presentation comprehensively examined the characteristics of the western border area in the last century, its three main aspects were the issues of territorialization, border regimes, and violence.
Péter Bencsik's new book published
Péter Bencsik’s new book, entitled Border Regimes in Twentieth Century Europe has been published by Routledge. The book provides the first English-language comparison of the contemporary history of border regimes in Europe, which the author examines in the context of waves of globalization and territorialization.
Ágnes Tamás promoted to Associate Professor
Ágnes Tamás received the letter of appointment as Associate Professor from the leaders of the University on June 30, 2022. Congratulations to her on this recognition!
New book by Péter Bencsik
Péter Bencsik’s book, entitled From Demarcation Line to State Border has been published. The aim of the book is to approach the everyday history of the people living near the Trianon border in a micro-historical way, primarily through the conflicts of local society, also depicting the process of territorialization.
Melinda Kalmár's new book published
Melinda Kalmár’s new book, entitled Corporative, Soviet, Hybrid has been published. The book is a condensed and at the same time an expanded version of the author’s influential previous monograph. The book focuses on the global embeddedness and gradual softening of ‘Soviet variant systems’. The latter phenomenon also made these states the forerunners of today’s hybrid regimes.
Nomination of Béla Tomka as a corresponding member of the HAS
The Department of Philosophical and Historical Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences nominated Béla Tomka as a Corresponding Member of the Academy. His nomination was recommended by Gábor Gyáni, György Kövér, István Orosz, János M. Rainer and Ignác Romsics.
Another book by Ágnes Tamás
Just a few weeks after the publication of her previous book, Ágnes Tamás has published another new book, entitled The Hungarian Parliament in Caricatures (1867-1989). It has been published by the Publishing House of the Hungarian Parliament.
Book of Ágnes Deák and Ágnes Tamás published
A new book by Ágnes Tamás and her former supervisor, Ágnes Deák entitled Sziszifuszok küzdelme: Kormányzat és sajtópolitika Magyarországon 1860–1875 (Struggle of Sisyphuses: Government and Press Policy in Hungary from 1860 to 1875) has been published.
Béla Tomka and Melinda Kalmár at the Conference of the HAS
Two members of the department were invited to the conference of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences entitled The controversial issues of the period of the Soviet-style regime in Hungary. Béla Tomka held a keynote speech in the section on Industrialisation, Agrarianism and Reform. Melinda Kalmár’s closing words summarised the lessons of the conference.